2018 France Women's Sevens

The 2018 France Women's Sevens was the final event of the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the third edition of the France Women's Sevens. The tournament was held between 8–10 June 2018 at Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris alongside the men's tournament.[1]

2018 France Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series VI
Host nation France France
Date 8–10 June 2018
Cup
Champion  New Zealand
Runner-up  Australia
Third  Canada
Challenge Trophy
Winner  Ireland
Tournament details
Matches played 34
Tries scored 201 (average 5.912 per match)
Top point scorer Alev Kelter (40)
Michaela Blyde (40)
Top try scorer Michaela Blyde (8)
2017
2019 →

Teams

The eleven core teams will be participating in the tournament, along with one invited team, Wales.

Pool stages

All times in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). The games as scheduled are as follows:[2]

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33009519+769
 England 32018848+407
 Ireland 31023653–175
 Wales 300324123–993

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33007944+359
 Canada 32016648+187
 Fiji 31024257–155
 Russia 30033775–383

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 France 31006022+389
 United States 32015047+37
 Spain 31023551–165
 Japan 30034671–253

Knockout Stage

Challenge Trophy

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 June 2018 – 15:02 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 [[Ireland women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Ireland]]17
 
9 June 2018 – 22:20 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Wales7
 
 [[Ireland women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Ireland]]10
 
9 June 2018 – 15:24 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Russia5
 
 Japan0
 
 
 [[Russia women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Russia]]38
 
Eleventh Place
 
 
9 June 2018 – 21:58 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 Wales12
 
 
 [[Japan women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Japan]]17

5th Place

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 June 2018 – 20:30 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 Spain5
 
10 June 2018 – 16:43 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 [[United States women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|United States]]33
 
 [[United States women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|United States]]28
 
9 June 2018 – 20:52 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Fiji7
 
 [[Fiji women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Fiji]]19
 
 
 England14
 
Seventh Place
 
 
10 June 2018 – 16:21 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 [[Spain women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Spain]]20
 
 
 England7

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
9 June 2018 – 15:46 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 
 [[New Zealand women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|New Zealand]]38
 
9 June 2018 – 21:14 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Spain0
 
 [[New Zealand women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|New Zealand]]34
 
9 June 2018 – 16:08 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Canada7
 
 [[Canada women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Canada]]26
 
10 June 2018 – 17:30 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 United States24
 
 [[New Zealand women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|New Zealand]]33
 
9 June 2018 – 16:30 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Australia7
 
 [[Australia women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Australia]]22
 
9 June 2018 – 21:36 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 Fiji19
 
 [[Australia women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Australia]]21
 
9 June 2018 – 16:52 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 France17 Third place
 
 [[France women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|France]]48
 
10 June 2018 – 17:05 – Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
 
 England7
 
 [[Canada women</b>'s national rugby sevens team|Canada]]17
 
 
 France10
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand20
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Australia18
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Canada16
4  France14
5  United States12
6  Fiji10
Place  Team Points
7  Spain8
8  England6
9  Ireland4
10  Russia3
11  Japan2
12  Wales1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1New Zealand Michaela Blyde8
2New Zealand Portia Woodman7
Raichielmiyo Bativakalolo
4Russia Alena Mikhaltsova6
England Deborah Fleming
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Alev Kelter40
Michaela Blyde
3 Tyla Nathan-Wong38
4 Portia Woodman35
Raichielmiyo Bativakalolo

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]

ForwardsBacks
Raichielmiyo Bativakalolo
Bianca Farella
Pricilla Sauvavi Siata
France Camille Grassineau
Dominique Du Toit
Michaela Blyde
Emilee Cherry

See also

References

  1. "Pools and schedule announced for HSBC Paris Sevens". World Rugby. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. "Paris Fixtures". World Rugby. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. "HSBC Women's Dream Team: Paris". World Rugby. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
World Sevens Series XIX
Preceded by
2018 Canada Women's Sevens
2018 France Women's Sevens Succeeded by
None (last event)
France Women's Sevens
Preceded by
2017 France Women's Sevens
2018 France Women's Sevens Succeeded by
2019 France Women's Sevens
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